Minnesota Twins vs Tampa Bay Rays
April 16, 2011 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 2011 at Tropicana Field. The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 3, Tampa Bay Rays 4

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Span cf 5 0 3 1
Hughes 2b 4 0 0 0
  Tolbert 2b 0 0 0 0
Young lf 3 0 1 0
Morneau dh 4 0 0 0
Kubel rf 3 1 2 1
Cuddyer 1b 4 0 0 0
Valencia 3b 3 0 0 0
Holm c 3 0 0 0
  Thome ph 1 0 0 0
  Butera c 0 0 0 0
Casilla ss 4 2 2 0
Baker p 0 0 0 0
  Capps p 0 0 0 0
  Nathan p 0 0 0 0
  Mijares p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 2
Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Fuld lf 3 0 0 1
Damon dh 5 0 1 1
Joyce rf 4 0 2 1
Lopez 3b 4 0 0 0
Zobrist 2b 4 1 1 1
Upton cf 3 1 0 0
Kotchman 1b 2 1 1 0
Jaso c 4 0 2 0
Brignac ss 3 1 1 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
Niemann p 0 0 0 0
  Russell p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Minnesota 011 010 000380
Tampa Bay 001 000 012480
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Baker   7.0 4 1 1 1 6
  Capps   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Nathan  L(0-1) 0.1 1 2 2 2 0
  Mijares   0.1 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.2
8
4
4
4
8
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Niemann   7.0 8 3 3 1 6
  Russell   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Cruz  W(1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
8

  E–None.  DP–Tampa Bay 1. Zobrist-Brignac-Kotchman.  2B–Tampa Bay Joyce (5,off Baker).  3B–Minnesota Span (1,off Niemann).  HR–Minnesota Kubel (1,2nd inning off Niemann 0 on 0 out), Tampa Bay Zobrist (2,9th inning off Nathan 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–7.  SF–Fuld (1,off Baker).  Team–8.  SB–Upton (2,2nd base off Nathan/Butera).  U-HP–Tim Timmons, 1B–Jeff Kellogg, 2B–Eric Cooper, 3B–Mark Carlson.  T–3:10.  A–16,428.
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